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Germany Holidays: The Swabian Alps
An unusual slice of south-western Germany, 200km long and 50km wide, Swabia is a treasure-trove of history and geology. Overshadowed by its westerly neighbour the Black Forest, and out-mountained by...
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Germany Holidays: The Viehscheid, when the cows come home
The return of the cows from their summer pastures in the mountains is the cause of much celebration in rural Bavaria. Bavaria may be the home of BMW and Audi, but there are still some age-old rural...
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Germany Holidays: Hut-hiking in the Alps
You don’t have to carry the world on your back to get up amongst the high peaks of the Bavarian Alps. The Alps are threaded with long-distance paths, many of them originally routes used by cattle...
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Germany Holidays: The Black Forest
More than just cake and cuckoo clocks: there are plenty of other reasons for coming to the Black Forest. It is a bit of a misnomer, the Black Forest, because it is neither black, even barely dark...
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Germany Holidays: Ski the German Alps
Skiers in Germany can pick from a choice of Alpine resorts or even combine a Munich city break with a quick run downhill in the nearby mountains. Granted, if you do a quick Google search for skiing in...
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Germany Holidays: Skiing in the Black Forest
Germany’s favourite holiday region re-invents itself as a wintersports wonderland when the first snows of winter start to fall. The Black Forest features in the childhood memories of hundreds of...
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Germany Holidays: Mad King Ludwig and his fabulous castles
Whether he was truly ‘mad’ or not, King Ludwig II’s passion for castle building led to his mysterious death. Eccentric, big-spending King Ludwig II of Bavaria, or ‘Mad King Ludwig’ as the schoolbooks...
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Germany Holidays: Chiemgau’s lakes, mountains and meadows
Chiemsee, the ‘Bavarian Sea’, is the focus of a region which is famous for its outdoor activities. Its name may sound like a brand of chewing gum, but the Chiemgau region actually comprises the best of...
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